re: Popular Hornets Trade/FA Target Brandon Jennings Signs New AgentPosted by drake20 on 2/5/13 at 9:34 am to Jester

quote: I don't look at him like a championship piece unless he takes less money somewhere. An inefficient, volume-shooting PG making near max money has all the makings of a mediocre team for years to come.

re: Popular Hornets Trade/FA Target Brandon Jennings Signs New AgentPosted by TigerinATL on 2/5/13 at 9:51 am to drake20

quote: Poison Pills

what is this?

It's how the Rockets got Asik and Jeremy Lin this offseason. I don't remember the exact numbers but for both players they offered basically 3 years $24 million. Since both were 2nd round picks or undrafted players with only a few years in the league, their teams could match the deal, BUT

1) The deal has to be priced at the MLE for the first 2 years but can escalate after that 2) For the home team the cap hit is the deal as structured. 3) For the poaching team the cap hit is the average of the deal.

So the home team would have had cap hits something like $5/$5/$14 while the Rockets cap hit would be $8/$8/$8 In theory this helps the home team, they only need the MLE available to keep their player and it forces the poaching team to have cap space rather than just the MLE to make an offer. In practice we see it actually makes it harder for the home team to keep a player and easier for the poaching team to acquire a player because once that contract escalates the home team is stuck paying max salary for a mid level player.

re: Popular Hornets Trade/FA Target Brandon Jennings Signs New AgentPosted by 504Voodoo on 2/6/13 at 12:04 pm to Jester

quote:I'd say that pretty much guarantees he won't be a Buck or a Pelican next season. I don't look at him like a championship piece unless he takes less money somewhere. An inefficient, volume-shooting PG making near max money has all the makings of a mediocre team for years to come.